Haoguo in the summer is still the same calm, and there are no waves on the surface. The same is true for the city of Suzhou. Except that the back door garden of the Chu family was a little restless on this day.

"Less, young master, it's not good to do this kind of thing. Yes, if Miss finds out, she will blame me. Miao Miao gasped and said nervously.

"What's so bad." Li Xiao was busy with the work in his hands, and said quickly, "If you don't say it, if I don't say it, no one will know." ”

"Besides, it's all young master and I'm busy, you don't have to do anything, what's there to complain about."

"You are the young master in the house, it's good to say no to this kind of thing, there's no need to be sneaky." Miao Miao covered her little hands and looked left and right timidly.

Li Xiao wiped the sweat on his face, and secretly said in his heart that this summer day is really hot, and he was sweating profusely after a while of busy work in the morning.

"If it weren't for my sister's refusal, do you think Young Master Ben would be willing to do this?"

As soon as he talked about Chu Xin'er, he had a headache. I thought that when my sister came back, I would be released. Who knew that this father and daughter were the same, locked him in the study, and wrote silently.

Of course, it is impossible to write silently, and it is impossible in this life. can only write about the familiar stories in the past life with interest.

Last night's events seemed to remind him that he couldn't escape it, and he couldn't avoid this trip to Beijing.

Quiet Suzhou, I can stay for a few days. Take advantage of this day, or play more, who knows if you can come back in the future.

"Ahh

"What's wrong with you, don't wake them up."

"Little, miss."

"What Miss is not Miss, my sister hasn't gotten up at this time, don't scare yourself. Be good, take it quietly, wait for Ben Shao to open the door, and take you to be happy. ”

"Ahem." A coughing sound came from behind itself, crisp and capable, "Xiao'er, where are you going to be happy?" ”

Sister!!!

Hearing the familiar voice behind him, Li Xiao felt that the work in his hand was suddenly not fragrant. With the landing of the two wires in his hand, he turned around stiffly:

"Sister, why do you get up so early and don't sleep much?"

"Our young master got up so early, how dare I fall asleep." Chu Xin'er said with a smile, "If it weren't for Xiao Cui hearing a sound in the backyard and being afraid of thieves at home, I wouldn't know that our little master still has this ability." ”

"Uncle Luo taught." Li Xiao lowered his head and said.

To be honest, when facing Chu Yi and Rome, he was not so afraid, but this Chu Xin'er was like a mouse seeing a cat.

I can't tell why, and I can't understand why.

About Rome, Chu Xin'er knows something, this Uncle Luo is one of the best thieves in Haoguo, and even in the whole world, and the locks up and down the house are all from his craftsmanship, and fortunately, it is for this reason that his younger brother could not open it for the first time.

Looking at Li Xiao, who was silent in front of him, Chu Xin'er smiled, this younger brother of his own, he couldn't bear his temperament, he always liked to run around, and he didn't let him go out for so many days, no wonder he did such a thing. That's it, anyway, my father is coming back soon, so let him out.

"Okay, the young master of the Chu family picks the lock of his own door in order to go out to play, and this thing is not good." Chu Xin'er stood up, patted the dust on the corner of her skirt, and continued, "Xiaocui, it's not too early, go open the door, don't delay Uncle Wang to deliver food to the house." ”

After listening, Li Xiao was instantly ecstatic, her sister was still good to herself, unlike the father who didn't take him out to play, but was confined to his feet.

"Sister, I'll come back and bring you something delicious." After that, he hurriedly ran out of the door without hesitation. made Chu Xin'er cry and laugh.

Miao Miao, who was standing on the side, looked at Li Xiao, and then at Chu Xin'er, she didn't know what to do for a while, so she could only keep her head down and not speak.

"The young master doesn't like to carry silver taels on his body, Miao Miao." Chu Xin'er motioned to Xiao Cui to hand over the money bag in her hand to Miao Miao, and then continued, "The young master of the Chu family didn't have a maid to follow, what does it look like, go, tell the young master, don't get tired of playing." ”

Miao Miao, who took the money bag, was very excited. bowed his head and saluted, and then trotted to keep up with Li Xiao.

Looking at the two masters and servants who ran away one after the other, and looking at the letter in his hand that came from thousands of miles away a few days ago, Chu Xin'er felt so powerless for the first time.

The letter was unsigned, only marked as received by his father, and the letter only wrote "All things are in order, according to the plan." "Four words, but why does this make me feel so uneasy. What happened to the incident I heard when I was young?

"Ugh." Chu Xin'er sighed and returned to the room in a daze.

The man in black last night had alerted her, more and more people came to Suzhou these days, could it be that this trip to Beijing was a must-have for my younger brother.

……

Time goes back to sixteen years ago, that year, Chu Xin'er was four years old, and Li Xiao had just been born.

She vaguely remembers that on a spring day that year, there was a lot of snowfall. It was also that year that I saw my father seriously injured for the first time, and it was also the first time I saw the infant child.

Chu Yi, who had not recovered from his injury, was also the first time to see the child, that is, Li Xiao, who had just been born, and he was very happy, he had never been so happy since his wife passed away three years ago.

"Xin'er, he will be your younger brother in the future."

This was the first thing Chu Yi said after he was seriously injured. She nodded, looked at her father, looked at Li Xiao, and was very happy, she had a younger brother, and her father finally smiled.

For the following year, she ate, lived and slept with Li Xiao.

Although I don't know what Li Xiao thinks, of course, no one will pay attention to what a child who has just turned one year old thinks. , but what can be known is that Li Xiao must be very happy.

It wasn't until a year later that Chu Xin'er followed her father to a courtyard on the outskirts of the city.

On this day, many people came to the courtyard, except for the old man and Rome who came to Chu Mansion a year ago, there were many people he didn't know.

When he arrived at the courtyard, his father went into the room with the men and locked the door.

At first, their conversation was quite harmonious, except for a few swear words. But then, the movement inside grew louder.

Chu Xin'er, who was sitting in the courtyard, was softly coaxing Li Xiao to sleep, and walked away quietly. Rao is like this, and he can still hear the chat inside.

"The surname Shi and the surname Xu are too deceitful, how good Master Taifu is to them, I don't blame them for their dereliction of duty, but reuse them. But they are good, and they will take revenge. An unfamiliar voice came, and the words were angry.

Before Chu Xin'er guessed who this person was, there was another unfamiliar voice, "Shi Xu's two thieves will die, and the British Emperor will kill Zhongliang, think about the time when King Yu was in power, alas." ”

With that, the crowd fell silent until the man who spoke first spoke.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I can't tolerate the two thieves behaving like this. When I came, I had a plan with Mian Ying and King Bin, and I hoped to help you. ”

"Please." I don't know who said it.

Then Chu Xin'er couldn't hear the conversation clearly, but she wasn't interested, thinking that she still cared more about Li Xiao.

After half a pillar of incense, there was a sudden roar in the room, and the person who spoke was none other than Roma.

"What? Are you going to put this kid at risk? No, absolutely not. I disagree. ”

"Brother Luo, don't be impatient, this plan is just a prototype, and the future is unpredictable." The scholar called King Bin said in an elegant tone, "Now that I am doing business in the prince's mansion, I have also learned some information. ”

"The life and death of the eldest prince is unknown, the surname Ma has defected to the two thieves, and only a few of us can avenge Lord Taifu."

"Yes, Brother Luo, avenging your father should have been, why should you ......" Before the person called Mian Ying could finish speaking, Luo Ma interrupted.

"The surname is Yu, don't think I don't know what you're thinking, don't you just want the heir of Queen Yu to return to the throne, but he only has one daughter, so don't ......"

"Alright, Roma." After being silent for a long time, finally, Chu Yi spoke, "I agree with the plan you said." ”

"Chu Yi?" Roma couldn't believe that his old friend would agree to such a ridiculous plan.

Chu Yi stretched out his hand to stop Luo Ma from speaking, and then continued, "In the next ten years, he will be in Chu Mansion, living as my righteous son, and I will also teach him swordsmanship." ”

"No descendant can learn the old and decrepit medical skills, so I will leave it to the little master." Sun Miao laughed and said.

"You guys!" Roma slapped the table and got up, unwilling to say more, and limped away.

Seeing Rome leaving, Chu Yi didn't stay anymore, anyway, the matter had been explained clearly, he arched his hand, said goodbye to everyone present, opened the door, and led Chu Xin'er and Li Xiao to leave with Sun Miao.

On the way back, Chu Yi didn't speak, and Luo Ma didn't speak, only Sun Miao, together with Chu Xin'er, teased Li Xiao.

As for those who came to the other courtyard, Chu Xin'er never saw them again, let alone heard their names. The plan they were talking about gradually faded out of her memory.

……

Chu Xin'er, who was sitting at the desk, rubbed her head and threw the letter in her hand aside.

The "finish the work properly and act according to the plan" in the letter is the plan that my father said that year. Although he didn't know what the specific plan was, from the few words he vaguely heard and the repeated word Li Xiao, he could guess that this plan required his younger brother to participate, and it would put Li Xiao in danger.

"Well, Dad, when will you come back?" Chu Xin'er lay on the table and looked at the letter at the end of the table.

For the first time in several years, this is the first time that this experienced Miss Chu, who has been in a hundred battles and crisscrosses the shopping mall, has such a headache and is at a loss.

On the other hand, although he heard the plan back then, in Li Xiao's eyes, it was nothing, anyway, he was already a person who had died once, and there was nothing to be afraid of. Besides, he also wanted to go to Jingshi, and he had a feeling that Jingshi City, which his family didn't want to mention, had a subtle connection with his dream.

Of course, he never took it to heart, so although he knew that Chu Xin'er was in a bad mood today, he didn't think about it in this direction.

Putting aside distractions, Li Xiao felt that it was better to prepare for her and her sister's birthday in two days, and make something strange to make her happy.